New ranger in Coeur d’Alene River district

A new deputy district ranger has been selected for the Coeur d’Alene River district in Smelterville, Idaho. Phillip Blundell started his new job on Monday. Previously, Blundell worked for the Bureau of Land Management as a landscape planning coordinator for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative, according to a Forest Service news release.

“I look forward to the challenges of this new position and to working with the local communities and stakeholders,” Blundell said in a news release.